Getting use to the romenian language

The first time I thought in doing an EVS volunteering the idea of learning a new language was one of the main attractions and reasons to join this experience. How you pretend to life in a foreign country for a long period of time without wanting to learn their language and communicate with the locals. Even when almost every romanian person that I know has the skill to talk in more than one language from English to Spanish, they are really good with the languages. Also, the more languages you know the best for you professional and personal life.

However with the children it is completely another story. The first time I worked with the kids I felt completely useless because I could not communicate or help them. In the past, from my priori work volunteering I was able to explain the subject we were talking about, to express myself, un general to be capable of make a bound with the children and the teenagers trough the words. So at first I saw this like a handicap making my task impossible and really hard. I am not going to lie, in the beginning it was.

Three months has gone by and things have become more easier it true to say that sometimes the language is still a barrier that you have to overcome. But you always find the way to make you understand and understand the other the best way it is to have your mind open and a lot of patience. Also with the children you can create new ways of communication through the game and mimic.

In conclusion, a valuable lesson that you take from this matter is never turn off a great opportunity for your fears or the own limitations you put to yourself on. Just keep going and you will find a way.

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The end.

This experience is ending, and in this seven months a lot has happened, good and bad. However, I can’t complain because if i had stayed in home i wouldn’t have learned that much about the people and the volunteering. This experience has given me a lot of situations and moments that are worth it to remember. First of all, I have growth through some difficult moments where I have to adapt myself as for example not being able to talk with the children having to find other ways to communicate as I explained in the first article. Other hard moments have been understanding how Romania work, missing my family and friends or living in the same flat with people you don't know and even sharing the same room. Even though all this, the positive moments overcome the bad ones. I have find other ways of working and at the same time discover new associations where I had the opportunity to know and investigate different collectives like children with autism or refugee people. This would

Nicholas, November 2019

Autumn in Arad

Autumn in Arad With Aspis association we had to prepare a lot of plants for partnership, lavanda, origan, basilic… I also started to learn how to knit: With aid rom association, we went to the cinema, watched movies and had an intercultural night with food, music… With library, I workedwe did a lot of games, and we had a Halloween party and we also participated to a cooking tv show in Arad: It was my last month in Arad, during my time here I learnt a lot, about Romanian culture, and also about me. I met a lot of people, amazing people. So i would like to say thank you to all of them for this adventure :) PA PA LA REVEDERE !

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